Histiocytic pleural effusion: the strong clue to malignancy.
Ganghee ChaeJae-Bum JunHwa Sik JungChui Yong ParkJin Hyoung KimByung Ju KangHyeon Hui KangSeung Won RaKwang Won SeoYangjin JegalJong Joon AhnSang Hyuk ParkTaehoon LeePublished in: World journal of surgical oncology (2021)
The leading cause of exudative HisPE was malignancy, particularly lung cancer. Physicians should consider the possibility of malignant disease if histiocytes are predominantly present in pleural effusion.